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Screen Anarchy

2018-11-12T13:00:08+00:00June, 2016|Press|

"Parenting in the Film Industry: Raising Films' Survey Yields Sadly Unsurprising Results." Shelagh Rowan-Legg writes that: This brings with it the fear that, as working or even middle class people are shut out of acting careers, their stories will no longer [...]

Esther May Campbell: Heroes and Gods

2018-11-12T13:00:08+00:00June, 2016|The Long Read, Working in TV|

Men and women are different. Whether because of our genes or conditioning. We experience, at home and on the street, playground or onscreen, different qualities prized in females and males. Big cinema stories internationally exported most obviously in the superhero franchises, [...]

Herald Scotland

2016-06-24T16:03:55+01:00June, 2016|Press|

"Arts News: Raising Films present report at film festival." In among other exciting Scottish arts news, Phil Miller reports that: A MAJOR new survey of workers in the TV and film industry reveals clear barriers for parents and carers who work [...]

Women And Hollywood

2016-06-22T15:57:54+01:00June, 2016|Press|

"How Can We Help the Working Mothers of Hollywood? Raising Films Has a Plan": guest post by Raising Films co-founder and film critic Sophie Mayer As Women and Hollywood recently reported, Elizabeth Banks took the huge step of being honest about childcare conflicts when [...]

#MakeItPoss: Raising Films’ Survey is Now LIVE

2018-11-05T16:29:06+00:00June, 2016|Our Work|

Literally: coming from the Edinburgh International Film Festival, where Penny Woolcock is kicking things off with her Making It Possible keynote. https://twitter.com/FFFilmmaking/status/745553156436746240 https://twitter.com/eiffindustry/status/745552839196303362 As Wendy Mitchell writes in Screen International today: Parents working in the film industry have “no level playing field” including limited [...]

Interview: Maja Borg

2018-11-05T15:52:11+00:00June, 2016|Interview|

Maja Borg was born in Norrköping, Sweden, in 1982. She is an Artist and Film Director, additionally working as Director of Photography and Editor. In 2005, Borg’s ‘To She In Me’ was selected for the Culture Bound 7, East Wing Collection at [...]

Screen Daily

2016-06-17T15:56:23+01:00June, 2016|Press|

Melanie Goodfellow quotes RFer Nicky Bentham on BFI CEO Amanda Nevill's talk about childcare for filmmakers: UK lobby group Raising Films, aimed at improving working conditions for parents in the film industry, confirms it is consulting with the BFI on the idea. “A lot [...]